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Following three years of partnership with ECI Partners, CPOMS, a provider of SaaS safeguarding software to schools, has been acquired by Raptor Technologies (Raptor), a US provider of school safety software.
The acquisition was made following strategic investments in Raptor by Thoma Bravo and existing investor JMI Equity. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
CPOMS’s pioneering safeguarding platform enables primary and secondary school staff to log concerns relating to student wellbeing, while the CPOMS StaffSafe product strengthens governance relating to staff members and the CPOMS Engage module ensures alignment between schools and local authorities.
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An O’Melveny team has advised PMC Capital Partners (PMC Capital) on the sale of StyroChem Canada (StyroChem) to Epsylite Holdings (Epsylite), a portfolio company of Balmoral Funds (Balmoral).
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
StyroChem was founded in 1975 and was one of the first manufacturers of expanded polystyrene (EPS). StyroChem continues to supply high quality EPS products for customers across the globe from its base in Quebec, Canada. PMC Capital acquired the business back in August 2019.
The O’Melveny team guiding PMC Capital on this transaction was led by Corporate partner David Smith and counsel
UniversalCIS, a technology-enabled provider of credit data and related origination solutions in the mortgage industry, and Credit Plus, a leading provider of mortgage verifications and business credit reports, have merged their companies.
As a result of the merger, the new company will become the largest in the industry and serve over 6,500 clients in the North American mortgage market including banks, non-bank mortgage lenders, credit unions and mortgage brokers.
Credit Plus brings over three decades of experience assisting more than 2,500 lenders with its information and verification services throughout the mortgage origination process. UniversalCIS has over 4,000 clients and
Following the acquisition of Vannin Capital by funds managed by Fortress Investment Group in 2019, the operations of Vannin Capital are now being restructured into the Fortress Legal Assets business.
As part of the restructuring, a number of Vannin Capital employees will transfer to Fortress. This change will have no impact on Vannin Capital’s existing investments, and Vannin Capital will remain the counterparty to its various litigation funding agreements. The restructuring is taking effect immediately.
“We are confident that this combination will further strengthen our leadership position in the litigation finance market, broadening our sourcing capabilities and bringing counterparties the
Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital firm, has led a GBP2 million investment into Plank Hardware, a direct-to-consumer home décor brand whose stylish hardware products have tapped into the boom in DIY and renovation projects among millennial and Gen Z consumers.
Plank Hardware was founded in London in 2019 by Tom Revill and Annie Aveyard. The husband-and-wife duo identified an opportunity to provide high-quality, design-led products that could enable aspiring DIY enthusiasts to create beautiful home renovations on a modest budget. Its products today span handles, hooks, knobs, and rails that provide the perfect finishing touch to DIY projects and inspire
Funds advised by Apax are to acquire Eating Recovery Center (ERC Pathlight), a provider of eating disorder and mood and anxiety treatment in the US, in partnership with Oak HC/FT and management, from CCMP Capital.
ERC Pathlight is a specialist in eating disorder treatment. The company’s differentiated clinical model meets patients where they are in their treatment journey by offering the full continuum of higher levels of care. Through the recent expansion of its Pathlight division, ERC Pathlight addresses a more comprehensive set of behavioural health conditions including primary mood and anxiety disorder treatment. ERC Pathlight lowers financial barriers to
Varagon Capital Partners, LP (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Fireboy-Xintex by United Safety & Survivability Corporation (USSC).
USSC is a portfolio company of private equity firm Dubin Clark.
Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), a private equity firm that specialises in investments in healthcare and industrial companies, has completed a majority recapitalisation of BioIVT, Inc (BioIVT) with Linden Capital Partners (Linden), a Chicago-based healthcare private equity firm. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Westbury, New York, BioIVT is the market leader in providing of mission-critical biological specimens and value-added services for the academic research, pharmaceutical, and diagnostics discovery and development markets.
Gene Gorbach, an Investment Partner of Arsenal, says: “We are proud to have partnered with the talented team at BioIVT in building an enterprise
mParticle, a customer data infrastructure company, has raised USD150 million in Series E funding, led by Permira’s growth fund which backs leading tech-enabled and digital businesses.
The existing investor base also participated in the round alongside new backers including former Adobe CFO Mark Garrett and New England Patriots All-Pro punter Jake Bailey. The funding will support mParticle’s continued global go-to-market expansion, as well as significant R&D investment as demand for customer data infrastructure continues to accelerate. With the round, Daniel Brenhouse, Principal at Permira, will join the mParticle Board of Directors.
Creating truly adaptive, privacy-friendly digital experiences is becoming
Onecom, a business communications technology and cloud communications specialist, has acquired IP Office Ltd in its third acquisition in 2021.
The transaction brings IP Office’s Exeter-based team and in excess of 700 customers into the Onecom Group family.
The new partnership comes after Hampshire-based Onecom’s acquisition of Olive Communications earlier this year, which created the UK’s largest business-to-business mobile, connectivity and cloud specialist in the UK, in a deal that was closely followed by the addition of thousands of customers and hundreds of channel partners with the subsequent acquisition of 9 Group.
Martin Flick, Onecom Group CEO, says: “As we
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